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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Clarksville.

Our newspaper information for Clarksville is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Clarksville. In addition, the list contains another 23 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Clarksville. In total, we've identified 32 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Clarksville.

Newspapers Published In Clarksville ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Clarksville:

Newspapers Neighboring Clarksville ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Clarksville.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Clarksville.

  • Published In Boydton  ...
  • Published In Stovall [Granville County] ...
  • Published In Chase City  ...
  • Published In Scottsburg [Fluvanna County] ...
    • The Fork News (from 1936)
    • The Fork News (from 1937)
  • Published In South Boston [Halifax County] ...
    • Halifax Gazette (from 1903)
    • News & Record (from 1974)
    • The Gazette-Virginian (from 1963)
    • The News (from 1890)
      • Years of publication:  1890 to 1929
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96094026
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34630914
    • The South Boston News (from 1929)
  • Published In Manson [Warren County] ...
    • The Home Companion (from 1897)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clarksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clarksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6200, Longitude: -78.5652       In this case, the coordinates for Clarksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).